PS Revised Edition::Modifications

July 27, 2007

Okay guys, all of the site modifications are completed. There will be a bit of tweaking over the next few days as I set up the regular features and tags. I think that the site looks excellent, I’m very proud to have ironed out some of the design flaws. If you are a subscriber then I strongly recommend checking out the site to marvel at the changes.

The modification list is as follows:

-reworking of the header: new photo, Dr Yang and ‘Revised Edition’ added. Text also changed to ‘The Gaming Blog of Daniel Johnson’
-All segments on the side panel are broken up with bolded text and a different backdrop
-Archives has now moved to its own page
-Categories have been split up into 3 main groups; General, Gaming and Regular Features
-Search is now in the left hand side
-Content Spotlight images and segment added in navigation
-flickr feed and Tag Cloud added to navigation
-Subscribe relocated to top of navigation
-Technorati button added to header
-More bookmarking options added to each post
-Related entries added to every post, in post view page
-Comments are now clearly sorted and include Bloglog avatars
-Blog CMS has been upgraded to WordPress 2.2
-no more outline problem with PNG images viewed in IE and FF
-a few admin plugins and WordPress fixes

Over the next few days I shall add:

-rewrite the About page
-a new page featuring links to my favourite posts
-tags to each post, hence getting the tag cloud working

These changes have been made to ensure that it is easier to access the site’s content and browse the site. I used the bolded text to separate the eyesore that was the mass of text in the navigation.

Ok, so now that that is all done. Thanks for bearing with me through these changes. If you are experiencing any difficulties with the new changes then please email me via the contact form to let me know. It should be noted that a flash player is required for the flickr slideshow. With that it’s time for me to get back to the regular content.

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Bit of a Heads Up

July 24, 2007

Hey guys, just giving a bit of a heads up for somethings that are going on with the site that you might have noticed. I feel that its important that you guys know what’s going on with the site. Although I’m not sure if you want to hear me rattle on about the site or if you just want straight gaming content. Please, let me know.

What I wanted to say is that PrimeScape is currently switching servers, which means that some strange things have been going on with the site. You may have noticed images not loading, that is now fixed. The only problem left(no big deal) is some non alphabetic characters don’t show correctly. This is a problem with the new WordPress.

This problem will be fixed with the new facelift to the site. The same great Scrap Book design is staying for the long haul but with some edits. This development is ready to launch any time, I just need to start posting my new features to get it kicked off. So expect this change to occur in the next few days.

As for the new Web Success blog, that is also ready to go. We’ve just been having a few issues with the domain, that’s all. I’ll let you know when these things are all done. I’m looking forward to show off some new content to you guys. Well that’s enough from me. Watch this space!

Also my blogging mate from The Fun Bucket is in the process of reviewing his site like I was a month back. So give him a look and help him out

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Risks Revised: A Blogging Revision

July 16, 2007

Hey guys, I think that now is the right time for me to talk about a few new blogging projects that I have been secretly working on. Of course I need a bit of reasoning to back this up, hence a:

Prologue

It all started about 2 weeks ago, I had decided to conduct a survey for PrimeScape in order to get some solid feedback for site and content improvements. Overall the feedback was very useful. It reconfirmed my thoughts about the site; being that I write some good stuff which is worth a few visits but I am still a long way off of writing some major gold.

Something that really stood out in the survey responses was that one person said that there was too much variety in the site’s content. This has been a problem that I have been weary of for some time now. So after a few hours dwelling on how I could constructively use the feedback to improve the site, I came out with the following outcome.

Outcome

To create an additional 2 blogs to support my growing hunger towards a large variety of content. This would then make each blog more specified and hence address a number of slight directional issues with PrimeScape.

Once I had finalised the conclusion I decided to pour all of my resources into this adventurous new project. Within a few days I had finalised all of the designs and written up a healthy does of content. I’d also spent ample time researching which has also been an excellent benefit.

Only a few days ago I stepped back and put this idea into perspective. After going to the drawing board(once again). I concluded that 3 sites would be too much to handle with my timetable. So I decided to bin one of the blogs. Well thats enough of me talking around these new sites, here’s the run down:

PrimeScape(revised edition)

2-3 months ago I decided to turn the focus of PrimeScape away from being a personal blog and into a gaming blog. This has been a great success but I still feel a bit locked into the clockwork of posting about my personal life. Thankfully I am falling out of this swing and beggining to develop a much better rythm for writing about VG.

Web Success

This new blog is about…well the title will say it all. But to break it down for you; I’ll be writing about web marketing, motivation, lifestyle and success. I am definetly not an expert in these fields but I cannot help but be overwhelmed by the post ideas that I have brainstormed for these topics. I must have a strange insaitiability spread the knowledge that I have on these topics. Hence the blog was created.

Expectations

So you’ve read all of that hoo-ha which you probably won’t find useful. What you want to know is, what are the benefits. Basically I have invested a lot of my holiday time blogging and my writing skills have definetly improved because of it. I am now also rereading every post that I did to wipe out mistakes. So expect much better quality content all around.

For PrimeScape, I have been spending my time researching/devising topics that are overall more specified and also much more interesting. I have a number of feature segments on the way as well. Probably a maximum of about 7, but I am likely to start off with 3 or so. Also I’ve been banking some articles to ensure that when I do get busy, there will still be a consistent line up of content. PrimeScape is also seeing(another redesign) this time much greater, the redesign addresses the few remaining design flaws.

For Web Success I currently have around 15 finished articles. There’s a number of almost finished ones as well which aren’t included. So once it releases I am expecting about 20 new articles in the bank. Awesomeness. The site(as well as PS) will also have a bunch of new plugins.

All of this shall happen fairly soon, starting in the next few days for the new blog and then moving onto PrimeScape. So I hope that you look forward to the new changes. I apologise for the lack of content coming in recently. As you have just read, I am doing plenty of writing recently. Now that most of the foundation work is finished I am already preparing more content with great haste.

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